My friends, we are indeed on a tear with Shin Maru. I’m finding the walk down there from the office sorta pleasant, and the shot of mid-day glamor is most welcome when the rest of the day is a monotony of worn carpet, uncomfortable chair, and interminable passage of time. Ohmiya delivered a strange and […]
Marunouchi
E’tavola, Otemachi
Much to the delight of colleagues, I still haven’t been to the same place twice in Marunouchi for lunch. OK, I’m more delighted about this than anyone else. Most people think it’s funny but a little…obsessive? Yup. Today was a ladies-in-black lunch, as Ponkan, Ponyo and Koala were all in mourning due to the fact […]
Urizun, Marunouchi (うりずん、新丸５階)
On a tear with the Shin Marus these days, aren’t we? In response to a recent conversation with one of our most dedicated and fatherly readers, I counted the actual number of restaurants. Minus the ‘specialty shops’ and coffee places and supermarkets and dedicated bars, Shin Maru alone has 4 restaurants in the basement, 1 […]
Cita Cita, Marunouchi (丸ビル５階)
How many Citas does it take to screw in a light bulb? How many dollars will it take to save Citabank? Hopefully it’s only 2, because the Soho Restaurant Group has only one outlet of this marque (the group also includes Roy’s, Xen and other Roppongi Hillz dwellerz). On a dark and rainy day when […]
Taruzen, Marunouchi (たる善, 新丸５階)
My friends, not eating a lot of meat has several strange effects on a person. The main one that I always notice is a powerful craving for meat, and over the past few days it’s been no exception. After a big beef-oriented Saturday night, I didn’t eat much protein for a couple days, and yesterday […]
Yuboku, Marunouchi (遊牧, Shin Maru 5)
My friends, I believe I have uncovered the secret of receiving a good and worthwhile lunch in the Otemachi Metro Area (OMA, not to be confused with 鮪で有名な大間市). It is a simple secret, but one that has been known to man since the beginning of time. Pay for it. You get what you pay for. […]
Polestar, Marunouchi
Truly, the Otemachi metro area is a mysterious place. Things are not always what they seem, so watch out! Strange beasts infest the darkened crevasses, gnashing their nicotine-stained teeth as they drink weak coffee. Weird sounds emanate from the ghostly security men who guard the entry gates at the fortresses of corporate Japan. And restaurants […]
Kua’aina, Marunouchi (Shin Maru 5)
In the heady days when we worked and lunched in Roppongi, I used to provide lengthy discourses to anyone who would listen on the Roppongi burger scene. With a solid half-dozen notable places (not including fast food like McDonald’s or First Kitchen or Freshness or Mos, and definitely not including Japanese-style ham-ba-gu), it was certainly […]
S. Stefano, Otemachi (Marunouchi)
It’s official, I’m reformed. A new man. I used to eat nothing but French food. Now I eat nothing but washoku and Italian. Haven’t eaten French since last Wednesday. The first step was admitting that there’s a higher power than myself, and one of these days I’ll get around to seeing what the other 11 […]
Le Remois, Marunouchi (Shin Maru 5th)
Update February 17, 2010: Lunch, 3 small courses at Y1800. Salad, good grilled white fish with veg, scoop of excellent ice cream with pistachio crumbs. Service as rough as before, a touch odd. =============================================================== January 22, 2009: Lest one think that EOITwJ has descended to reviewing nothing but smoky oyaji lunch spots, here’s some genuine […]